7:31 AM,
Jun. 29, 2013

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Written by

Robert Sullivan
Palladium-Item

A Richmond man claims a police officer who responded to an accident involving a young deer handed the officer's loaded gun to a civilian to euthanize the badly injured animal.

Richmond police said this week an investigation is ongoing into the reported incident, which Jerry Anderson said took place Saturday in front of his home in the 1500 block of Chester Boulevard. A report from RPD indicates an officer did respond to an accident involving a deer just before 10 a.m. Saturday in the 1600 block of Chester Boulevard.

Anderson said the officer arrived at the scene after a young woman had struck the ...